NBA Play of the Day May 14: Oklahoma City Thunder Slide Punch - FastModel Sports

Published 05/14/2013 by Kyle Gilreath Favorite Send to FastDraw Print Embed

About This Play/Drill

Monday night in their Game 4 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, the Oklahome City Thunder ran this action for a pick & roll. Throughout the game the Thunder continued to put Memphis into pick & roll situations with a shooter spaced away to force the defense to make a decision. This time, but moving Durant over top, X4 had to respect the cut for a moment which forced the defense to be a tad late on the pick & roll. Furthermore, the Memphis defense decided to stay home on 2 (Sefolosha) which allowed Ibaka to be open on the roll.

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3 (Durant) cut off a screen from 4 (Ibaka). 4 then stepped out and set a pick & roll for 1 (Jackson). 1 came off and found 4 rolling to the rim.